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. 1984 Jan;199(1):1–5. doi: 10.1097/00000658-198401000-00001

Comparison of conventional surgical resection, radioactive implantation, and bypass procedures for exocrine carcinoma of the pancreas 1975-1980.

M Morrow, B Hilaris, M F Brennan
PMCID: PMC1353249  PMID: 6419687

Abstract

To examine the efficacy of a variety of procedures for treatment of biopsy proven exocrine adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, a retrospective review of 231 patients surgically treated at a single institution from January 1975 through December 1980 was performed. Thirty-nine patients underwent resection for cure, of which 19 were conventional resection, 33 I125 implantation, 76 biliary or GI bypass, and 83 biopsy alone, a resectability rate of 16.9%. There was one pancreatic fistula in the implant group. Median survival following implant was 8 months (0%, 30-day mortality) and, for conventional resection (n = 19), 17 months with an inhospital mortality of 16%. Median survival excluding inhospital mortality was 17 months for the conventional resection group. For bypass, median survival was 4 months (p = 0.0001 vs. conventional resection) with an inhospital mortality of 14%. Of patients discharged from hospital, 5 of 16 (31%) survived 2 years in the conventional resection group, while 4 of 132 (3%) survived 2 years in the nonresected groups. Only one patient (5% of resected) has survived 4 years in the conventional resection group, although eight others are alive and at risk in this group. Resectability rate for patients referred with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas remains low. The only long-term survivors are in those patients undergoing resection. Local implantation with I125 requires prospective evaluation because of an apparent influence on palliation without significant morbidity.

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